NASCAR’s two top series just finished a weekend of racing at Watkins Glen International. Twice a year (we’re including Infineon Raceway here), the sport’s top drivers are asked to get out of their comfort zone (if there is such a thing) and do what most of them never do but twice a year.
Road racing at its finest. Describing the race today here at Watkins Glen. Today’s race was full of action and extraordinary weather. This capped off once of the nicest race weekends I can remember here at Watkins Glen.
The 2.45-mile road course was not empty for long today here at Watkins Glen International. Starting this morning with Nationwide Series Qualifying, the track was hot for the duration of the day, finishing with a fantastic Zippo 200.
With the signing of AJ Allmendinger to a multi-year contract, the driver of the infamous No. 43 Petty blue race car officially becomes the lead alpha dog at Richard Petty Motorsports.
The talk in the garage today focused on the news of Atlanta Motor Speedway losing one of its two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races starting in the 2011 season.
It really came as no surprise to anyone that follows NASCAR Thursday, when Atlanta Motor Speedway President Ed Clark announced that the track would cut back to a single NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race for 2011.
Road course ace, Ron Fellows will make second start of the season this weekend at Watkins Glen International Raceway for JR Motorsports. He will be driving the No. 88 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Zippo 200.
Several significant track improvement await drives at Watkins Glen for this weekends', Helluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen. These improvements have come during the off-season, which included paving over gravel traps, installing SAFER barriers, new run-off areas, and rumble strips in specific places.
McMurray became just the third driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. The last driver was Jimmie Johnson in 2006.
The reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion from Marietta, Georgia, led 178 of 200 laps and fended off a late challenge from teammate Kaden Honeycutt to score his second consecutive Truck victory of 2026 at The Rock.
The 21-year-old Day from Clovis, California, clocked in a single pole-winning lap at 148.963 mph in 22.717 seconds to become the 217th competitor to win an O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole position.
The 21-year-old Garcia from Monroe, Georgia, posted a single qualifying lap at 154.570 mph in 21.893 seconds to achieve the pole position at The Rock for a second consecutive year.
he Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R) confirms the return of international rallycross with the GreenP3R Rallycross of Canada, a second weekend of competition on August 22nd and 23rd, 2026
NHRA officials are excited to announce that Keystone Raceway Park has returned to the NHRA Member Track Network in NHRA’s North Central Division (Division 3).
